Hi guys~ thank you so much for the reviews. I didn't think anyone would read this since it was a story I wrote for the sole reason that Fairy Tail Shizaya was haunting my dreams.

From this point, I'm going to skip a lotta episodes and start the new chapter after the 7-Year Gap episode. Izaya and Shizuo would be around 16 and 17, the same age as Natsu and Gray.

The Tenroujima group had barely settled back into their new guild, abeit smaller and poorer than the one they had left. Losing seven years was a sad thing but they were happy enought to start filling in the gap with memories of the now. The older guild members were also happy, and relieved to have their old comrades back, safe and sound. Their guild may be broken-down and puny but the Fairy Tail spirit still lives on, now stronger than ever.

After the main party had launched, the time after was for reminiscing and quiet celebrations between the more intimate relationships within the guild.

That said, Natsu and Gray were huddled in one corner, mulling over the past years and he battles on Tenroujima. They were both happy and sated, soaking up each other's company in quiet contention. Romeo happened to glance in their direction and after a grin from Natsu, the younger wizard approached them.

"I'm really glad to have you back, Natsu-nii." Romeo whispered tearfully and quickly scrubbed the wetness off his cheek.

"Ah, we're glad to be back as well, Romeo." Natsu answered and he ruffled the kid's head. Gray merely watched them in silence, a soft smile plastered on his lips as he ran a gaze over the rowdy bunch.

"By the way, I don't seem to see those two anywhere." the ice mage spoke up. Natsu quickly caught on and his unspoken question was answered by Romeo.

"Ahh... you mean Izaya and Shizuo?" the uncomfortable look on the kid's face was enough to perk Natsu's attention.

"They didn't leave... did they?"

Romeo quickly denied it with his floundering hands and explained the situation.

"No, no. Nothing like that. They were both devastated when you disappeared 7 years ago. Shizuo won't admit it but he was obviously crushed. He couldn't do anything for some time, he didn't even had the heart to work."

"And Izaya?" Gray asked.

"Izaya... Izaya was another matter. He disappeared every couple of months for two years. He said he was on a job, but everytime he came back, his powers seemed to mysteriously grow even stronger. There was no catching up to him." Romeo whispered nervously.

"Then one day, Shizuo began working again, with Izaya. Small jobs at first, then they started taking on A-class jobs despite Papa's warnings." the young wizard ended on a bitter note.

And as though it was fate, the guild's doors opened once again and the two mages Romeo was talking about just then, appeared.

Izaya in his usual black coat with it's fur-line hood and sleeves quickly glanced about, his red gaze falling on Natsu and Gray.

"Gray-nii! Natsu-nii!" the black-haired mage cried out and launched himself crying at the two. "Welcome back!" he cried out in that whiny voice of his. Once again, the amount of tears he shed was nearly equal or more than what Juvia cries.

"Quit it, you're suffocating them." a deeper voice said and Izaya was bodily plucked off the other two. "Though, it's great to see you, Natsu-nii... Gray-nii."

Natsu coughed and looked up at their savior. A young man his age, taller and leaner than he is, held Izaya up with one hand.

"Shizuo!" the fire mage exclaimed and quickly ran his gaze over his charge. Gray as well, was quite surprised at the change in both of their charges.

Izaya was still as baby-faced as ever, so the changes were minimal there. The only thing that had seemed to happen to him was his height. Shizuo on the other hand, the boy had gone and changed his hair from brown to blonde. And he was even wearing blue eyeglasses like the ones Loki always wore.

"Let me go! Shizu-chan!" Izaya whined and struggled in the blonde's grip. He was still reaching out to hug Gray and Natsu again. The ice mage was quiet uncomfortable with the idea and was grateful for Shizuo's hold on the other.

"How are you guys?" Natsu asked excitedly and started talking without pause. He and Izaya talked for the most part, Shizuo and Gray commenting every now and then.

Macao looked up from his drink and looked sharply at Natsu's group. His wary gaze was more on Izaya, his action didn't go unnoticed.

"What is it Macao?" Makarov asked in a low voice, his attention now on the group as well.

"Those two, I don't know what to do with them anymore, Master." Macao admitted. "They're powerful and wild, and they both know it. Especially that Izaya..."

"What about Izaya?" Now Makarov's attention was sharper as he tried to gauge Izaya's power.

"...he's different in a way that makes me uneasy. He says he can control waves, sound waves and light waves mostly... but I think he's hiding certain things."

"Waves? It's quiet rare for a wizard to control forms instead of actual elements." the Master answered. "If he can indeed control waves, then electricity, earth, and even the human body is under his control as well."

"Humans?" Macao looked up from his drink in alarm.

At the same time, Izaya met the Master's gauging gaze and smirked.

Makarov's brows drew together in a frown as Izaya turned his attention back on the group again.

"I think I know just what you meant, Macao." Makarov murmured.

"Oi, can you walk back home like that?" Gray asked in alarm as Izaya stumbled on his way out of the guild. Shizuo was quick to catch him though, as always.

"Dun worry~ dun worry~, Shizu-chan's here... take... humm." the raven mumbled incoherently.

The party had gone on into the early mornings, until everyone was dead drunk or had puked into unconsciousness, the way Natsu had.

Gray had been rubbing the fire mage's back to ease his nausea when Izaya suddenly stood up and said that he was going home.

At first Gray was against it, worried that the other raven might fall in a ditch and drown. But he was quite drunk himself and he had no plans of leaving Natsu unconscious. Shizuo was another matter though, the blonde didn't even look flushed though he had drunk as much as Gray and the others had.

"I'll take him home, Gray-nii. You take care of Natsu-nii." the blonde had said as he left, his loaded glance brought a blush to Gray's already drunk-red face.

"That brat, he was so different from back then." Gray muttered to himself, Natsu moaned in discomfort and rolled his upper body off the table he was leaning on. Gray tried to catch him but the fire mage's head had already ended up on his lap. Mewling in comfort, Natsu turned towards the ice mage and pressed his forehead against Gray's stomach. And fell asleep again.

Gray realized he was smirking and promptly wiped the expression off his face.

There was no way Shizuo wouldn't notice, there was nothing more obvious than Gray and Natsu's relationship.

The quiet streets of Magnolia just before dawn was swathed with cold fog and shadowed figures. The dim street lights can't even break through the mist that had settled.

The park where the great tree grew was almost always dark, and had thus been a popular place to meet up and remain incognito, until the sun rises that is.

Currently, two figures had the place to themselves. Everyone else had thrown off their masks and cloaks and had gone back to a warm fire and the facade of a family. These two had neither.

"They're back eh..." the smaller shadow murmured as he leaned against the bigger one.

"We were always waiting, weren't we?" the other asked in a quiet voice. Their clothes rustled as they adjusted their positions into a more comfortable one.

"He... will be happy."
"Are you sure about doing this? You can still turn back, they will understand... I do."
A cold chuckle.
"You're quite naive, aren't you. There's no turning back for me now. Now that I have this power..."
"You fool!" his rare thundering voice shocked a few sleeping birds into flight and silence settled once again.

The silent one sighed and ran a cold hand down the other's cheeks. He couldn't see well in the dark but there was no mistaking the wetness on his company's face.

"Warm... are you crying for the guild? Or for yourself?"

"...for you."

"There's no use crying for a dead man, Shizu-chan."